The Institution Based Training Department is propelled by its Mission, to produce a pool of competent workers for the development and maintenance of a world class Jamaican workforce.

The Department comprises one Administrative Unit with a network of 26 training institutions. (10 Academies and 16 Vocational Training Centres).   It also consists of an associated unit with responsibilities for coordinating training at selected offsite locations.  The Administrative Unit is monitored and directed by a core team, led by a director, whose office is situated at the Corperate Offices- HEART Trust/NTA at 6b Oxford Road, Kingston.

This unit ensures that the Institutions fulfill the organization’s mandate of providing high quality training to all working age Jamaicans, through the maintenance of a high level of efficiency and effectiveness consistent with the needs of the labour market.

The department constantly espouses the philosophy of technical vocational training, by integrating competency standards with industry best practices, through the exposure of trainees to entrepreneurial skills as well as their engagement in production activities. This approach facilitates the easy transfer of learning from the training environment to the workplace. Currently, training is provided in over (40) forty qualification plans in the NTCVET competency standards and qualification framework.

Each institution within the network is equipped to provide the following services to
international standards:

• Training and Assessment
• Career Advisement
• Assessment (only)
• Entrepreneurial Development